‘Dead children and youth are not red tape’: Bill changes death investigation requirements

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‘Dead children and youth are not red tape’: Bill changes death investigation requirements

By Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A new bill aimed at cutting red tape will relax the requirement that Alberta’s Office of the Child and Youth Advocate investigate deaths of all youth who received government intervention services. On Feb. 26, Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Dale Nally tabled Bill 38, the Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, in the Alberta legislature. If passed, the bill will alter sev…